Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Just when I thought I was out...

It’s very difficult for me to imagine being without electricity for a week or two like many up north are currently experiencing. I can tell you one thing, if it ever does happen, I will find a place for a pot belly stove and vent it for indoor use. My propane supply would only last 4 days…

It was reported that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in “profound danger”, that “huge sections of the reef were killed last year by overheated seawater”. Climate change has been blamed. Diving that reef was on my bucket list, but it’s getting moved lower and lower.

It was also reported that 24 million will lose health coverage within 10 years if they replace the ACA. Has anyone calculated how many would be uninsured if health insurance premiums tripled by 2026, because that's the rate it has been increasing for those not subsidized…

When business starts booming, the Fed raises interest rates. Most people are clueless as to what impact this has on the diminishing middle class.

I watched the documentary “Cries From Syria” on HBO the other night. I do not understand why very little has been done about Basha al-Assad, their dictator, and the human rights atrocities. How and why does the world allow a leader to continue genocide, torture, use of chemical weapons on a mass scale?

In the absurd section, an American ally shot down a $200 drone with a $3 million Patriot missile. What does 12 gauge buckshot cost these days?

So you watched a special on HBO and they told you what to think about Syria? Since when did you start believing the lying propaganda that passes for content these days? It is simplistic to believe the US wants to punish Assad for human rights violations. Before you make such assertions, please get a 2nd opinion. Sheesh.